Skip to main content

Table 2 Health-related quality of life SF 36 V2 scores using norm-based scoring (NBS) at various stages of treatment

From: Health-related quality of life of patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Yemen: prospective study

Scale

Mean score (SD)

Beginning of treatment (n = 80)

End of treatment (n = 71)

1 year follow-up (n = 52)

PF*

40.7 (17.9)

59.3 (25.1)

51.5 (25.1)

RP ǂ

16.1 (13.1)

31.1 (24.2)

30.6 (22.9)

BP‴

21.6 (16.1)

40.9 (23.5)

39.1 (22.6)

GH

28.3 (19.1)

48.5 (24.8)

47.8 (24.5)

VT ˠ

14.55 (8.45)

30.5 (21.3)

30.2 (22.4)

SFz

25.9 (17.6)

46.6 (26.4)

43.7 (24.1)

REʏ

13.7 (13.1)

26.6 (22.6)

26.2 (21.1)

MH

14.7 (11.3)

27.7 (18.7)

27.2 (15.8)

  1. ʜ NBS: Norm-based scores; *PF: Physical functioning; ǂRP: Role-physical; ‴BP: Bodily pain; GH: General health; ˠ VT: Vitality; zSF: Social functioning; ʏRE: Role-emotion; MH: Mental health